Busy month, for all that it was short II
We had the splendid Bartholomew and katherine visiting us from Southron Guard, Robert's first SCA group, and one rich in extraordinarily talented folk. They've been key in building their barony and its biggest event Canterbury Faire (we attended in 2008) for many years, and fascinating talking to a capable couple about someone else's politics for awhile.
Having guests here also gave me an excuse for a day out, including an Original London Walk around the Inns of Court (fabulous and informative as always) and an evening lecture at the St. Bride Foundation about early printing practices - one of katherine's passions is early printed books.
One of Gutenburg's contemporaries was a very sloppy printer, and his mistakes are very helpful in identifying clues about how early printing presses actually worked. Fascinating stuff for geeks like us!
Weekend before last included a trip to Coventry area, for the first of the season's reenactor fairs - evidently trying to get a jump on the competition with a very early date in February. I was somewhat disappointed with the shopping, actually; many of the 'regulars' I expected to see weren't there, and there seemed to be lots of small re-sellers, flogging cheap items, that all looked suspiciously like they came from the same original source - Pakistan.
Disappointment didn't stop me spending about £75 on bits and pieces. :-)
At work rumours are flying. On top of a spending cut, we expect a national election, and since one of the parties has promised to 'help fix' the NHS, the agency's own management is attempting what appears to be a pre-emptive strike, reorganising to leave a huge dangling obvious target out in the open, like a lizard's tail. If it's cut off, it might let the rest of the agency escape unharmed. Not knowing whether or not it will work, possibly for months, makes it a bit of a stressful gamble.